[PAO] NEW CAPP 201 Creates Bar To Advancement

[Bruce Kipp]

IMHO the new CAPP 201 inadvertently creates a severe impediment to
advancement not only in the PAO Specialty Track but in the CAP Professional
Development Program.

Let me illustrate. To achieve "Senior" level in PAO you must take G-290,
not a bad idea in and of itself. However, here in South Dakota G-290 has
not been taught by the state's Department of Emergency Management for the
last couple of years and is not scheduled to be taught until August 2015.

To achieve "Master" level in PAO you must take E-388 which is only taught
at Emittsburg, PA. G-290 is the prerequisite for E-388. So, in South
Dakota, and I suspect other Midwestern states, this is a double whammy. You
can't get G-290 so you can't take E-388.

Given that E-388 is only taught at Emittsburg, it is time consuming and
expensive for someone from the Midwest to go there for training. I myself
am retired, living on a pension, and have medical conditions that make such
a trek virtually impossible.

So, without E-388 I can't earn "Master" level. Without "Master" level I
cannot complete Level IV of the professional development program. Without
Level IV I cannot progress to Level V and, hopefully, promotion.

I believe the inclusion of E-388 as a requirement for "Master" level in
specialty track PAO inadvertently and unnecessarily represents a major
impediment to advancement in both the specialty track and the professional
development program.

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*Bruce Kipp, Major, CAP*

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